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How does google force Apple to ship broken software again? I've forgotten....
by josephcooney 14y ago
How does google force Apple to ship broken software again? I've forgotten....
- meepmorp 14y agoBy refusing to grant them a license to their map data in iOS 6? or placing such demands and restrictions on the license that it's preferable to Apple to just go with what they have?
- josephcooney 14y agoApple had the choice of shipping nothing at all, or licencing map data from someone else.
- SoftwareMaven 14y agoThe "license other" has been covered elsewhere, but do you really believe the current solution is more of a problem for Apple than no maps would have been?
- josephcooney 14y agoNo, but they still had a choice.
- SoftwareMaven 14y agoWho provided the data for the "Maps" app prior to iOS 6 again? I've forgotten... An alternative would be no maps, but as bad as the new maps app is, it is clearly better than no maps. Another option might be licensing somebody else's maps, but we don't know that they didn't try and fail to find somebody willing or find some somebody willing but with, on balance, no better data than Apple currently has (or slightly better but at the cost of another long-term deal that keeps them from controlling this critical part of their platform). Maybe Apple really did do this out of hubris alone, but, as arrogant as they are, I find that explanation to be the one that requires the most suspension of disbelief.
- Terretta 14y agoLet me remind you, then. By shipping real time turn by tun nav for Android while keeping it out of the Maps app on iPhone.